Welcome Opening Remarks by Khun Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala BIIA Chairman. Embracing Digitization – Opening Keynote by His Excellency Dr. Pichet, Minister of Digital Economy and Society at the recent BIIA 2017 Biennial Conference in Bangkok, Thailand In his riveting speech Dr. Pichet emphasized the importance of digitization in economic and social development. In order to realize the benefits of digitization we need ... Read More »
BIIA is an active member of B20 activities (the Business Part of the G20) such as the Digitation Task Force and the Cross-thematic Group on SMEs as previously reported by in recent BIIA Newsletters. B20 Summit Report On May 2nd and 3rd, 2017 the B20 Summit was held in Berlin. Over 700 guests from the G20 countries and beyond ... Read More »
On May 3rd, 2017, the B20 has officially handed over its Policy Recommendations to German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the B20 Summit in Berlin. The recommendations are the product of a yearlong process of our seven Taskforces and Cross-thematic Groups, which comprise over 700 members from all G20 economies with BIIA being part of it. Developed under the theme “Building ... Read More »
David Worlock is Chairman of BIIA and thus we follow closely his blogs. With Brexit underway we found his recent discussion concerning Copy Right and Data Protection and Privacy in a post Brexit regulatory scenario highly relevant. Here is what David Worlock wrote: “With friends and colleagues in the industry I have been looking at formulating a debate to be ... Read More »
India’s 1.1bn people now have an identity! Financial inclusion: 270 million bank accounts opened within the last three years. Unified Payment Inferface (UPI) allows digital payments based on the Aadhar number with biometric authentication. Welcome to India Stack India may have leapfrogged the US technology industry with simple and practical innovations and massive grunt work. It has built a digital infrastructure that ... Read More »
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